Love & Hate…
I
had a very eventful morning today.
I
came into contact with two strangers – one that that expressed hate and one
that expressed love.
Hate Filled Rage:
While I was driving to work, a man was crossing the street
going in the same direction that I was driving. I stopped at the stop sign and
watched as the man and his daughter crossed the street going in my same
direction. Suddenly, with out even looking to see of any cars were coming, he
stop midway in the street and tried to cross right in front of my moving car.
Thankfully I was not driving too fast and was able to slow down to stop as he
and his daughter crossed the street.
Instead of looking my way and saying thank you (because obviously, you
do not stop in the middle of the street and try to cross into oncoming traffic) he looked at me with complete
hate and started to yell out at me “You Ignorant #%R*&!”
Thankfully I did not hear the end of that statement, because I rolled up
my care window. But by the look of pure hate on his face, he was probably going
top call me a B*tch or a N*gger (he was
not of the same race). I usually don’t
assume such things, but he had pure hate in his eyes, which was completely irrationally
because he was in the wrong. My first thought as I drove away, is that they guy
was probably already angry about something else and maybe even racist (who
knows…). And most importantly, how could he put his child in danger by crossing
into incoming traffic with out evening looking to see if any cars were coming
their way. The whole thing completely threw me off guard. And my beautiful
morning, at that moment was ruined by this person irrational hateful reaction towards
me.
Unbiased Love:
After parking my car, I started to work towards the building
I worked at. A gentleman came to a stop
as he saw me and a few ladies on another street walking by. He asked in a very
genuine tone – “How can it be, that all the women in this city are so very
beautiful?” I instantly blushed and
said I did not know and thank him for the kind compliment. He then said with this beautiful smile and
glow on his face “You are welcome beautiful lady.” It warmed my heart that
someone would stop their day to give such a beautiful message. And he had such
a look of piece and joy in his face that I knew he was a coming from a good
place in his heart when he spoke to me.
Two completely different experiences, from two complete
strangers. Both of a different culture and age groups. One filled with irrational
hate and one filled with genuine love for others.
I made this video about 4 years ago, in my office, when I was still doing corporate work. I was bored out of my mind and instead of getting up and going for a walk, I posed for a bunch of silly photos using my PC's camera. It was fun and I entertained myself for that moment in time. And who knows, when I am old and crusty, I can look back at this and laugh at my younger self. 
